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Editorial
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reathing, living, playing, enjoying every minute of this season is how we drink and taste this wonderful time of summer. The fruit of our labor, Original Living Magazine, is influenced by so many wonderful things that it makes me personally feel blessed to be able to present our 5th Anniversary Edition. It is a wonderful experience, because it is the product of all of our hard work that we have been preparing for you for the last several months. No doubt this edition is a very special one, for each of us. Over the five years in which we have worked hard, experienced ups and downs and life’s moments that have left traces of increasingly intense learning, each passing year I feel a greater commitment to all of you, because feeling your love and your acceptance makes me want to fight even harder, raising me at those crazy times when I feel like I am surfing between shadows. Feeling your support inspires me to a deep respect and drives my commitment to exceed your expectations even more. Our creative team is inspired by a combination of colors and elements that come together crossing were beauty, art and fashion are linked into a unique personal lifestyle. It is this lifestyle, the Original Living Lifestyle, that bonds us and motivates us. This season has been a time of change, of new projects where our optimistic spirit has been lifted, it has strengthened our soul in each project. Each page of this issue is the result of the love and strength that moves each of us daily with eagerness to offer something special always trying to bring you the best. I also hope you can feel the same enthusiasm, and the same passion that comes from all of our team and collaborators. The feeling we have when we are preparing each new edition. I hope with all of the stories told, on each page, you will be able to visualize and feel the silent message that expresses the passion and dedication of each person or business who are part of the magazine. I am grateful to so many people for helping and supporting me to see my dreams come true in the magazine. First to Ximena Córdoba for allowing me to work with you on this project. You are a woman of many qualities and infinite virtue. Also, to Natalie Cruz , there are many things that are happening because of your love and support, seeing those seeds grow with your trust, I am grateful. To Carol Silva, Nicole Fabiano, Joe Pace and all your family and staff for opening your arms and welcoming me with this opportunity to keep me creating my dreams. Thanks to Medi Mimasari from Auto Excellence Group for your immense support. To Frank De Pasquale, Johnny Bentley, Nick Varrano, Rapheal Castillo, Victor Mourre and Dr. Khatri for being so faithful in supporting the magazine year after year. Thank you for your trust. Thank you to Dan Minicucci for being a part of the craziness and helping me to deal with it and all your work and photography. Thanks to Victor Mendoza who has always been my partner. To Emilio Frías and Belinda Zamora I feel so grateful to continue working with this amazing and talented team. And I hope that all of you enjoy this new edition to the maximum and wish that together we continue to build eternal bonds full of love where Original Living Magazine remains the common bond for many, many more years to come !! Thank you to God for everything! Thank you to my family and Thank you always to all of you for your immense support! Love you all! Isabel
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Fantasy Designer Comes To Life: JBLUV Knows How to Make Mythical Creatures Come Alive in Exclusive Design
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Jose Batistine
Lynne Diamante ou’ve seen them on the big screen. You’ve seen Hollywood glorify them. You’ve seen them in comic books and in epic thrillers that we flock to again and again. You’ve seen the magic called costume design bring to life fantasy icons, beauties and angels. How strongly etched and stiffly blazed in our memory are the characters who take us out of our normal world for 2 hours in a movie theater? Angelina Jolie in Maleficent, Darryl Hannah as an exquisite 1980’s mermaid in Splash, Zoe Zaldana as a mesmerizing blue hybrid in Avatar …. These incredible manifestations of mythical creatures capture our imaginations and our curiosity. One of the most innovative costume designers of our time, Jose Batistine, hails from Andover and recently spoke candidly about his passion for creating fantasy designs that bring the most iconic mythical creatures to life. You would expect a talent of Jose’s caliber to have a design studio in New York, LA or perhaps Paris. In this case however, the talent is deep within his soul, so designing in the geographic region he calls home is perfectly tailored for him. Jose is certainly no stranger to creating and leading. For decades he has been noted and heralded as one of the best known and successful stylists in the country. Heading up Indra Salon in Andover, he can claim a brag worthy collection of style awards and honors and a devoted following of fashionistas, celebrities, models and industry professionals. His work is impeccable and executed flawlessly. Jose has crossed all boundaries and does not stay within the lines when it comes to reaching for a goal or styling in a new genre. His styling successes include hair innovations, makeup, art, photography, graphics and costume design. Jose’s latest design project began with inspiration from a photo shoot which used elements of the zodiac signs. Jose stated, “When I turned forty, I learned more of my sign, Sagittarius, half human, half horse, I saw an image of aggressive waves and natural forces in the symbol itself. It wasn’t natural of course, it was over the top fantasy representing the power of this sign.” It was this interest in his own rugged and thought provoking Sagittarius zodiac sign, which transcends and mends the human and animal world at the same time, which inspired Jose to design costumes for all twelve signs for a fantasy shoot. The mermaid creatures, however, reminiscent of the Pisces sign, are what peaked his interest most of all. “I truly believe the woman is the most beautiful creature,” Jose mused, “I really want to emphasize the beauty and form of the woman in mythical representation. The woman is the blessing, I think a lot of people do not understand this, but the ones that do, cheers to them.” While the Sagittarius may be a Centaur, half horse, half man, the female combination of half fish and half woman held infinite options for Jose to personify and animate in a very real way while celebrating the femininity and disguised power of the sea siren. “This is the essence of the woman, the mermaid, she is enticing and enchanting, yet she is very strong. A mermaid embodies those characteristics. When I see a computer generated image, it challenges me, it encourages me, dares me, to bring that to life using all these supporting structures… fabric … materials.” Jose talks about days in his childhood and teenage life when friends would say something is impossible, “I say nothing is impossible, when I was told ‘you can’t do this or that,’ I didn’t believe it, the sky is the limit. Now I don’t share my visions, I just go and do them.” The sky certainly is the limit for Jose’s latest
design installation which can be viewed at the Randolph Country Club on August 8, 2015 at the Original Living launch party. Jose has created 4 fantasy designs, one for each season, bringing mermaids to life. The summer mermaid is a release, she is pink and pops in a show of color. There is an incorporation of all seasons in her. “Summer is a celebration, people are alive, we come out and enjoy before going back to hibernate again,” Jose describes his summer mermaid. “The spring mermaid is electric blue, she leads into summer, the finale, she is not as elaborate as summer, her design reflects the new signs of life you see in spring,” Jose explained. The autumn mermaid is gold and warm. She is coming from the summer season and still holding the after glow of the sun. Autumn is Jose’s favorite season so this mermaid held special interest for the designer. “She is glammed up but still within the same vision of the other seasons, they all have an organic relationship as far as colors, styles, textures,” Jose spoke of the third mermaid. The winter mermaid represents strength to get through the toughest season, therefore she wears a symbolic crown. Jose talks about winter as a season when people feel trapped and the elements are out of our control, “She is still exotic, like hey it’s winter but we can still look good, she is sexy in an elegant way, she holds the promise of beauty when the winter breaks, the winter mermaid is a promise of better things to come.” One thing is for certain: Jose is an unstoppable force of nature, just like is beautiful, unflappable mermaids! Jose holds a sense of elegance, strength and a freedom of spirit that any mythical creature would envy, even a Sagittarius centaur.
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